Chapter 193: Decision to Expedition South
Just as Hexi was busy stabilizing the sun and peeking at Tianshui, suddenly news of Houliang civil strife came from the south. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
After receiving this news, Wei Shuo immediately invited Zuo Changshi Song Xuan, Zuo Sima Wang Zhenwei and others to discuss countermeasures.
As soon as everyone came in, he saw at a glance that Du Jin's face was ugly, and he didn't know why, so he asked with concern: "Teacher, are you okay?" β
Unexpectedly, in the face of the apprentice's concern, Du Jin just shook his head, signaled that he was fine, and sat next to him without saying a word.
At this time, Song Xuan, who came in together, came to Wei Shuo's side and whispered: Lu Guang!
In an instant, it dawned on him that Du Jin was feeling sorry for Lu Guang.
He didn't expect that the Metropolitan Governor Lu Guang would be famous in his life, and the children he gave birth to would be more useless than the other.
In this regard, Wei Shuo didn't know how to comfort Du Jin, after all, he didn't have much friendship with Lu Guang, so naturally he wouldn't empathize.
"Alas, the old man has figured it out, no wonder Zhiyuan has repeatedly attached importance to the cultivation of future generations."
"Even at the expense of forcibly setting the rules, anyone who can't get a school graduation certificate, whether they are born in law or not, can't inherit their father's title."
"In this way, even if we can't guarantee that all of them will be successful, at least we will be able to make our younger generations not like Brother Lu Su who will bring disaster to the country and the people."
Zhu Lu Chaoguo made Du Jin feel deeply, and at the same time, it also gave everyone a deeper understanding of the previous policy.
After listening to Du Jin's emotion, everyone also said that most of them were prescient and put forward preventive measures as early as possible.
Next to him, Kang Long couldn't help but applaud, and shouted loudly: "Most of them protect the wise." β
Wei Shuo has always been low-key, he doesn't like to be flattered, and he is busy speaking out to stop everyone.
"Alright, alright, that's the end of the matter, let's get down to business."
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To tell the truth, the Houliang Rebellion was beyond everyone's expectations, and no one thought that Lu Su would die if he said he would die.
Lu Su still has some ability, and after Lu Guang's death, he rarely stabilized the political situation in Houliang.
Although his behavior has become more and more absurd in recent years, outsiders know that as long as he is alive, Houliang will not be in danger of overturning for the time being.
And this is also the reason why when the bald black and lonely besieged Xiping, Hexi, including Western Qin, were all indifferent.
Wei Shuo and Qifu Qiangui both understood that even if the bald black man was not dead, it would not be easy for Nan Liang to take Hou Liang.
But now that Lu Su is dead, Houliang's national strength will be further weakened, and if someone takes advantage of the weakness, he will definitely not be able to resist it.
"Meng Xun, you can first introduce the specific situation to everyone."
"No, this incident originated from a drunken gaffe by Lu Su."
"Originally, it was just an unintentional statement, but the speaker had no intention, and the listener had a heart, which actually made Lu Chao murderous."
"After killing LΓΌ Su, LΓΌ Chao made his brother LΓΌ Long king."
"Because of Lu Chao's meritorious service, Lu Long gave all the power in the country to Lu Chao, and posthumously made Lu Su the Emperor Ling."
"After Lu Long ascended the throne, in order to establish his personal prestige, he wantonly slaughtered courtiers, so that even Yang Huan was forced to flee to Nanliang."
"After Shang Shufu shot Yang Huan and fled to Nanliang, he tried his best to encourage the bald and lily deer to send a lonely soldier to Houliang."
"However, this proposal was opposed by the bald Wei Tan, and now there is still no agreement on the issue of sending troops."
As soon as Frustrated Qu Mengxun's words fell, Cui Hong next to him pinched his chin and said thoughtfully: "In the opinion of the minister, there is a chance that Nanliang will send troops." β
"What does Uncle Xuan mean by that?"
At this time, Wang Zhenwei didn't wait for Cui Hong to answer, and replied first: "Without him, this is the only way out for Nanliang!" β
"However, Zuo Sima and the ministers generally have the same ideas, and there are strong neighbors in the east, south, and north of Nanliang, so they can only expand to the west."
"Right now, there is civil strife in the future, even if you know that there are many dangers, the bald and Lilu Gu will still send troops."
"Lord, the opportunity for Hexi has come." Wang Zhen's tone was inexplicable, and his face was full of excitement.
"Opportunity? What chances? Do you want to take all the land of the river valley? β
"No, it's not just the Hehuang Valley, it's even expected to take Longyou Qinzhou together."
"What? Zuo Sima's meaning is to destroy Western Qin, Southern Liang, and Houliang together? This...... Is this possible? β
Wei Shuo didn't dare to believe Wang Zhen's evil judgment, and he must know that in order to recover Longyou recently, he had arranged several secret moves.
Unexpectedly, today Wang Zhenwei told him that he could recover Longyou without those secret tricks.
If someone had said that to him, he would have thought that he was arrogant, and he might not even listen.
But it was the famous Wang Zhenwei who said this in front of him, so Wei Shuo couldn't believe it.
"The lord misunderstood the minister, and the reason why the minister dared to speak out and recover Longyou was mainly because the lord had arranged it in advance."
"Please Zuo Sima speak in detail, and Shuo listens."
"In order to recover Longyou, the lord has laid out a total of two secret hands."
"One is that Dolan didn't do anything; The second is Wang Maide, who sticks to Luoyang. β
"If you take advantage of the chaos in Houliang, Hexi will take advantage of the situation to annex Nanliang and Houliang."
"In this way, Hexi will surround Western Qin from all directions."
"Even if the beggar has the ability to turn the sky upside down, he will definitely not be able to escape from the palm of Hexi."
"Zuo Sima's intention is to take the opportunity of Houliang's internal strife to first go south to sweep away Erliang, and then recover Longyou in one fell swoop?"
"That's right! At present, civil strife broke out in Houliang, and the situation in Lingnan changed greatly, and the original plan had to be changed. β
"My lord, what Zuo Sima said is very true, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, and ask the lord to send troops quickly."
Song Xuan, Wang Zhenwei, Cui Hong and other staff suggested that Wei Shuo go south to Lingnan, and Wei Shuo quickly made up his mind after a little thought.
He glanced around at everyone, got up and said loudly: "Okay, according to everyone's plan, Shuo immediately raised troops to the south, first swept Nanliang and Houliang, and then surrounded Western Qin with the Luoyang Army and Shuofang Army, and finally recovered the entire Longyou Qinzhou in one move, what do you think?" β
When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but perk up, and shouted one after another: "This is the best, the last general can't wait for a long time!" β
Ignoring the clamor of the congregation, Wei Shuo turned his head to look at Wang Zhenwei and cast an inquiring gaze at him.
Wang Zhenwei lived up to expectations, so he got up and said loudly: "The timing is very good at the moment, as long as it goes well, it will not be a problem to eliminate Erliang and take Longyou." β
"It's just that after going deep into the Hehuang Valley, we need to beware of crossing the big river in the west of the West Qin and attacking our army with Nanliang."
"In this way, the number of troops going south must not be reduced, otherwise it will not be able to achieve the desired goal."
"From the point of view of suppressing evil, how many soldiers and horses should be transferred for this battle?"
After the end of the Shuofang War the year before last, the Zhenxi General's Mansion built eight Zhichong Mansions in Shuozhou, recruiting a total of 10,000 soldiers.
And these 10,000 people are all cavalry, plus the Zhichong Mansion in Liangsha Prefecture, the total strength of the government soldiers has reached 50,000.
As for the professional van army, after the reorganization, the total strength reached 45,000, including eight infantry and seven cavalry.
It seems that there are nearly 100,000 people in the army of the Fu Army, and it must be known that at present, Wei Shuo has a total of 16 counties in Liang, Sha, and Shuo Prefectures, and there are not enough troops to ensure the security of the territory at all.
After the end of the Eastern Crusade, the Hexi Army was fully transferred to rest, except for the 10,000 soldiers recruited in Shuofang, the number of the Xiang Army did not increase, but only supplemented the pre-war losses.
"The ministers discussed with the various divisions of the general's palace, except for the necessary soldiers who stayed behind in the palace, including the Shuofang garrison, all the Xiang army transferred 30,000 government soldiers with a total of 75,000 people, and all of them were put into the southern expedition to fight for the end of the war."
After listening to the military's opinion, Song Miao raised an objection, "Isn't it too risky to do this?" Will the sudden reduction of the Shuofang garrison attract a sneak attack from the Northern Wei Dynasty? β
"No, in fact, after reconciling with the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuoba Jue wished that we would reduce the Hetao garrison so that he could devote himself to the Northern Expedition."
Wang Zhenwei's face was full of firmness, and his tone was affirmative: "At present, the Northern Wei Dynasty and Hexi maintain peace, which is beneficial to both sides. β
"Appropriately reducing the Hetao garrison is a goodwill move, and Tuoba Jue will certainly not take the liberty of destroying the hard-won situation, so as not to affect the great cause of the Northern Expedition."
"Well, that makes sense." Wei Shuo bowed slightly, agreed with Wang Zhen's evil judgment, and asked again: "What is the specific entry strategy?" β
"The military division divided this battle into three major battlefields: the southwest, the eastern front, and the northeast, of which the southwest army was personally led by the lord and was responsible for passing through the Huang Valley of the Luohe River."
"And the eastern battlefield Wang Maide and Jiang Fei commanded, of which Wang Maide was the main general, responsible for passing through Luoyang and Tianshui."
"As for the northeast battlefield, it is commanded by Li Wei, and the Li department is mainly cavalry, ready to raid Jincheng at any time."
"The three-way army will work together, and this time it will definitely sweep away the separatist forces such as Western Qin, Southern Liang, and Houliang."
"Good! You stay in Guzang and are responsible for ensuring the supply of materials, with the assistance of Zhong Xuan, Deguang, and Shuzu. β
"General Shuo personally led the main force of the army to the south, Zhen Evil, Xuanbo and my counselor military aircraft, and the rest of the generals went out together."